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APPLIGATIION FILED PEB. 3, 1903.

PATENT Patented May 19, 1903.

OFFICE.

IIERBERT MONTAGUE SINGER, OF DEREHAM, ENGLAND.

BALL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 728,311, dated May 19, 1903. Application filed February 3, 1903. Serial No. 141,630. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

V Be it known that I, HERBERT MONTAGUE SINGER, steward, a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at ElmhamHalhDereham, in the county of Norfolk, England, have invented an Improved Ball for Golf or other Similar Games, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to so construct balls for golf and other similar games-that they will run longer or travel farther both through the air or along the green or ground than balls of ordinary orvknown construction Will do, while they will run truer and constitute reliable putting-balls.

The invention consists, broadly, in an outer. gutta-percha covering or ball proper, hollow inthe center, having one or more balls withviriiitlie central space (the latter being of such size as will enable the balls to revolve and run or move freely within such space) and an interposed layer of india-rubber or other elastic material between said outer gutta-percha body andthe central inclosure containing the ball or balls. 4

A suitable method of carrying my invention into effect is illustrated in section in the accompanying drawing.

In carrying out my invention I employ a hollow inclosure or globe a, Within which a smaller solid ball or balls b is or are introduced, the hollow space in the interior of the globe a being of sufficient size to enable such ball or balls h to move freely within same. The globe a may consist of any suitable maaerial-such as metal, celluloid, xylonite, or other similar substance or compositionand may either be formed around the solid ball or balls b or made in sections capable of being screwed, welded, or otherwise secured toy gether after the introduction of said ball or balls therein. Such ball or balls b may be of metal or other suitable material which is not liable to break easily-such as bone, ivory, or a sufficiently hard composition-it being essentialthat the material employed should not be so heavy as to increase the weight of the whole ball to any considerable extent.

When the-globe a containing the solid ball or balls b has been completed, it is surroundved with a layer d of india-rubber or other suit able elastic material, which may be wound, molded, or otherwise formed around such globe and be of the thickness found best to impart the desired elasticity or life to the ball, while enabling the same to be covered with some comparatively rigid material c (such as gutta-percha) capable of resisting the impact of the blows from the golfing-clubs employed to propel them.

As above stated, if desired more than one solid ball b may be introduced into globe a.

After the layer of suitable elastic material d has been placed around the exterior of the globe a, inclosing the interior space containing the solid ball or balls b, the whole is covered with a layer of gutta-percha or other relaf tively hard material c (either by molding or otherwise) of a thickness to bring the diame- 4`ter of the finished ball to the regulation or y'other desired size.

The exterior of the complete ball may have a roughened or interrupted -surface formed thereon in any suitable manner, the raised and depressed surfaces being of any desired contour, but it is preferred to form such exterior surface with a series of concentric circles composed of undulating or wave-like lines, which may either be uninterrupted all around the ball or may be intersected by cross bars 'or lines arranged at right angles to each other and in the direction of the center from which the wave-like lines are struck.

The relative sizes and weights of the hollow globe a and the interior solid ball or balls b with regard to each other and to the exterior layer or covering c of gutta-percha or other material and the interposed elastic layer d may be varied to suit different requirements, such as those dictated by individual taste or fancy or by the nature of the ground and the conditions under which the ball is to be employed.- Y. e'

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The improved-ball, consisting of an outer layer, an inner concentric layer of relatively higher elasticity than the outer layer, a hollow globe centrally located within said inner layer, and a solid element free to movewithin said central globe. d

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT MONTAGUE SINGER.

Witnesses:Y

WM. B. BROWN,

R. LANG.

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